IRAQI CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE CAPIBILITIES 19 NOV 9

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Subject: IRAQI CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE CAPIBILITIES  19 NOV 9    

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                       AGENTS*        9               THE FOLL-OWING CHE@MICAL AND
        SIGUOGICAL WARFARE (CB*) AGENTSI
                     CHEMICAL                 BIOLOGICAL
                     TABUN                    BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
                     SULFUR MUSTARD           uCTULtNt)M IOXTN
                     'tDUSYYN,MfIITARD        STAPHYLOCOCCUS
                     8ARliv                   ENTERCTROXINS
                     4F NERVE AGENT           CLOSTRIDJUN PERPRIfiGFNS
                    PO#SIOLYI                 VIORIO CHOLERAL
                      X NERVE KGENT
                     I    STIMATE8 fOf #4ChYMLY IRAQI AGENT PPC;D'JTTDON
        CAPABILITIF3 Attl 'ON IHE';QRDER OF ISO 'PONNLRS tOP SULFUR MtJaTARDo 15
        TO t$ TONNT$ Of TABUNO NO RO YOPJNESIUF SARIN. PRODUcTI:O&,OF OF
        MAS,NDT OCEN BOTIMATED-BUT COULD BE SIMILAR TO ThAliriP SARIN%
        MORE RECENTLYs THE IRAQI$ MAY 14AVE BEGUN THE PRODUCYICNIUF VXO
        BUT-QUANTITIES CANNOT BE ESTI-MATEDO THE RIOT CONTROL AGENT CSo
        WHICH NAG USED ON















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        An 4,nlrlqr.0 t &N IUIPIEK AVLIIYTO ti.UT LT I-        F#Uxw IF UMX;G LN7EREST
        MAI-PFloraRLr8$tD PAST THE RESEARCH STAGE, NUMEFtOUg FACILIYIF.8 ARE
        INVOLVED IN THE IRAQI SW fFF.OR7s          THE PRlf4ARY# mILITARVeWPPEAATED
        SW R93EARCti AND DEVELOPMgNT FACILITY IS THE EL HAZEN LA#URAIIC-RYO
        LOCATED AT SALMAH PAK (31 KM SOUTHEAST-OP-BAOMPAD)s ALTHOUG14
        THERE 13 NU FIFif4 EVIDENCE OF IRAQI SW EMPLG'FMENT hultiNG t-lie
        IRANirRAQ %ARr TNTELLI.OENCK INDICATED THAT INt IRAQI C,*PABILITY
        WASIMATURE AND FIRST USE WAS IMMINIENT# IRAQ HAS A-310NIFICANT
        CAPABILITY FOR RESEARCH* 09VELOP14INTo AND FMCOUCYTONICF @OTH

        BUT IT 19 ESTI'MATC-0 THAT MICROBIAL MEDIA SUP'FICIElYt FOR TkE
        PRODUCTION OF AT LEAST 74 BTLLI-ON HUMAN LETHAL ODSESICF t)C'PULINtlti
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-DEC-1996